Jesus...is He enough?

“Let your roots grow down into him and draw up nourishment from him, so you will grow in faith, strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught…For in Christ the fullness of God lives in a human body, and you are complete through your union with Christ.” Colossians 2:7,9-10

Just recently the Lord came and spoke through a very dear friend of mine, of whom I absolutely adore. As I sat and listened to her, I could feel the Lord’s hands upon my heart and I could hear Him speaking directly to an area that needed some major attention. It was an area that if you would have asked me just days before our visit I would have said absolutely, but I would have been lying! The question, “If God was to take everything away from you, would He be enough, would His love be enough?” opened my eyes up to a devastating reality.

There have been so many times I have said yes, yes He is absolutely enough, but when it comes down to it, my actions, my heart, have not shown Him or my family that. I have shown lately that He has only been partially enough. The other part has been my husband; I have been trying to make him be enough, my human, made of flesh husband. And because of that I have put more strain, stress, hurt, and negativity in our marriage and our home and have not allowed the fullness of God in me to shine through. I am reminded of a song written by Chris Tomlin “Enough”

All of You is more than enough for all of me
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You is more than enough

Those words have a whole new meaning. I know, goodness I know that God is more than enough and so knowing that and having the Lord reveal to me the root of where so much of my anger, hurt, and my lack of needs being met have come from, I am ready to start living and showing Jesus, my husband and the world that Christ is enough! And as I sing that song now, I sing it with a changed heart, with a true genuine heart. Jesus has removed this huge root that has been planted in my heart and that has sprouted lots of ugliness and sin. And it hurt, it hurt very badly, but He didn’t just leave the hole, He put Himself inside of that hole.

I will probably mess up again, but over these last few days I am walking away with a deeper understanding and clarity that when Jesus is enough, you are satisfied, joyful, more loving, more positive, and kind, because Christ now takes up residency where the root of sin was.

Jesus when we finally get to the very roots that are crowding You out and we allow You to remove them it is amazing how much different our actions and thoughts become when You fill the hole that was left. Thank You! Amen